The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-07

twenty minutes. cut out, prick with fork
and bake in hot oven.
Baking Powder Batter Cakes-One quart
OF sweet milk, two eggs well beaten, one
teaspoon Of salt, one quart of -four, in
which slit q teaspoon OF. baking powder.
Bake on very hot griddle.
Clabber Batter Cakes.-Beat three eggs
very light, add one teacup of thick clabber,
one of skim milk, one OF flour, one of corn
meal, half teaspoon of soda and salt each.
Grease hot griddle and bake.
Batter Cakes.-Into one pint of butter
milk beat two eggs, then add cup OF corn
meal and half as m UGH -four, a pinch of
salt, and half teaspoonful of soda. Bake
quickly on well creased griddle.
Southern Biscuit.-0ne quart of sweet
cream, one cup of butter, two tablespoons
Of -hite sugars one teaspoon of salt, -four
to make stiff dough, knead well, mould in
small biEcuits with the hand; bake brown.
Milk Biscuit-One quart of -four, one
tablespoon OF lard, one teaspoon of salt,
with mornings milk to make a stiff dough !;
work well, beat with the rolling pun half
an hour; make in biscuits and bake
quickly.
Cream Biscuit.-One quart of -four, two
ounces of fresh butter, teaspoon of salt,
three Of cream of tartar, one and a-half
Oh eOudY one pint Oh SWEET CI6dul, the
dough should be very soft, rolled thin and
baked quickly.
Baking Powder Biscuit.-For each tea
cup of -four take one teaspoonful of bak-
iDg-powder and the same of butter; rub
the bsking-powder into the -four, each with
milk or water, salt, roll very thin, have the
dough soft Bake in very hot oven.
Indian Griddle Cakes.-A pint OF sifted
meal, half pint of -four, one tablespoon
of brown sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt,
one teasp0onful OF soda, two eggs and a
pint OF buttermllk. Bake brown on q
creased griddle. Serve with maple sugar.
Crumb Cakes-Put pint of stale bread
crumbs in a quart of sour milk, rub
through a sieve, and add four well-beaten
eggs, two teaspoons of soda, one tablespoon
OF melted butter and sufficient cornmesl
to make tiff batter. Bake on hot grid.
die.
Rye Griddle Cake.-0ne pint rye -four,
half pint of graham -four, half pint OF
wheat fouI, 8 tablespoon OF sugar, one egg,
one pint of sweet milk, two teaspoons of
baking powder, tesspoOnful OF salt; mix in
smooth batter and bake brown on q
creased griddle.
Rice Griddle Cakes.-Soak half pound
of rice, boil soft, drain and mix with a
small cup of butter, let cool and add one
quart OF milk, 3 little salt and six eggs.
Silt quarter OF pound of -four with a
well creased griddle.
English Biscuit.-0ne and one-half pints
| of -four, one cup of corn starch, three
tablespoons of sugar, teaspoon of salt, two
| of baking powder, two tablespoons of lard,
| one egg, and half pint Of sweet milk.
| Roll half on inch thick, rub with milk, lay
on buttered tins and bake.
Griddle cakes require care in making, in
| order to have them palatable. The whites
! and yolks of the eggs should be beaten
separately. Too much shortening should
be avoided. If good baking powder is
used, very little shortening will be re-
| quired. They shonld be thoroughly beaten
and baked very quickly.
| Biscuits should be made and baked very
| quickly in order to have them in perfac.
ton. In a well-heated oven eight minutes
is sufficient time to bake biscuit brown.
Baking owder biscuit should be handled
as little IS possible; soda biscuit require
| more kneeding. Always mix the baking
| powder thoroughly through the -four be-
| fore putting them in the oven. Stale
biscuit may be restored to freshness by
| plunglDg for an instant in cold water and
| then set in the stove.
Maryland Biscuit.-Add one teaspoon OF
salt TO quart of -four, then rub in table
/ spoon of lard. Put half a pint each OF
milk and water together and pour gradu-
ally into toe -four, stirring and kneading
| thoroughly; add sufficient to moisten the
| flour, have the dough very stit, and beat
with the rolling-pln for three-quarters OF
| an hour; form in small round biscuit,
stick with fork and bake in a moderate
oven; when done they should be brown on
top and very white inside.